Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, We are fast approaching the moment when the value of the counterfeit trust, the counterfeit assets and the counterfeit promises are revealed as fakes.

AIG will sell its aircraft leasing business. Mario Monti will resign from his position as a Prime Minister. DJIA on green as HP and other tech giants showed improvement. Uncertainty in gold prices as taxes are expected to rise.

It appears, despite all the promises, all the lies, and all the constant propaganda, that foreign investors have finally seen right through Shinzo Abe's risible plan to revive the Japanese economy by crashing its currency (just like Russia?).

Email conversations revealed by hackers show that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (NYSE:BABA) CEO, Jack Ma, was interested in a possible partnership with Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) in an attempt to gain a strong hold in the motion picture production business.

Gold producers, ignored as global stocks rebounded in the past two years and investors turned to exchange-traded funds that track bullion, face closing mines or shutting themselves down after the metal’s worst slump in three decades this week made 15% of miners unprofitable.

When it comes to trading macro, you cannot rely solely on fundamentals; you have to be a tape reader, which is something of a lost art form… technical analysis is at the bottom of the study list for many of the younger generation, particularly since the skill often requires them to close their ey